News Roundup 9.15.09

We know, we know:  After today’s ruling, we don’t know what to do with that file folder of hooker and porn receipts anymore, either.   Thanks a lot, tax court.  [TaxProf Blog]

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A California writer is fighting to get a measure on the ballot to ban divorce.  He’s collecting signatures for the California Protection of Marriage Act, which he describes as the ”logical extension of Proposition 8.”  If passed, would make divorce illegal in California.  And yes, he’s joking.   Sort of.  [HuffPost]

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The recession is over.  The recession is over?  If you ask Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, it is—from “a technical perspective,” at least.  Hell, we’ll take it.   [Daily Beast]

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Your government has spoken: “You Lie” Congressman Joe Wilson deemed an official douchebag by the House of Representatives today.  [Politico]

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Want to spend your days mingling with billionaire clients draped in exotic hardware and bold, fashion-forward colors?  Go work for the public defender—in Dallas, at least.  Because (former) billionaire banker and world-class scam artist ‘Sir’ Allen Stanford has been ordered a public defender in his $7 billion investor fraud case after running out of cash for a real attorney.  [ABC News]